Great American Insurance v. K & W Log, Inc.

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• holding that the arson defense can be proved by a preponderance of entirely circumstantial evidence
• logging company barred from recovering under insurance policy where circumstantial evidence showed that an individual who was the majority shareholder, president and manager intentionally destroyed equipment of the company with explosives
• adopting standard of proof which Washington Supreme Court prescribed for arson cases, appellate court held that defense of willful destruction of property must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence.
• logging company barred from recovering under insurance policy where circumstantial evidence showed that an individual who was the majority shareholder, president, and manager intentionally destroyed equipment of the company with explosives

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